European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes q Hollywood mourning loss of Gary Grant Page 2 q challenger to be buried in old missile silos Page 5 d professional football results sports Section the authorized unofficial publication voi.45. No. 228 tuesday december 2, 1986 0 6693 a a a Dole Calls for special panel to investigate Iran arms Deal Washington a Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole on sunday urged president Reagan to con Vene a special session of Congress to appoint .1 water Gaie in investigate Warui White House arms sales in Iran and Mountj transfers to no Aragyan rebels. Dolo. A Kan. Said he Wapiti tie president to Call a special session of Cung Rcw nest week and form this select sen. Robert Byrd. The democratic Leader of the sen Alt who will assume Dole s Post As majority Leader when the new Senate comes in next year also called for a select joint committee but he said it would have to wait until Congress reconvened in january. He said that calling a special session would con tribute to the crisis and instead urged Reagan to appoint an Independent senior Justice department official who spoke on condition of anonymity said sunday he believes the weigh of the arguments now favor moving to an Independent but he did not believe that decision had been made to Lake the probe out of the hands of attorney general Edwin Mcnese Iii and other Justice related news Reagan in an interview published sunday called it. Col. Oliver North a while House aide who was fired last neck a National hero and said the Media must take responsibility for what they have done in reveal ing arms sales to Iran. The president was quoted by time Magazine As say ing he had a bitter bile in my Throat these Day because of the controversy set off by disclose re of the is driving me up the Wall is that this was t a failure until the press got a tip from that rag in Beirut and began to play in up the Magazine quoted Reagan As saying. I told them that publicity could destroy this and thai it could gel people killed. They then went right . Connection to iranian arms sales was first revealed by Al Shiraz a pro syrian lebanese mag Azine on nov. 4.Reagan also told the Magazine he believed the Iran see Dole on Page 28 president Rwm Itaru and firs lady Nancy left depart Point my Nas Calif. It. Col. Oliver u no la and wife Artsy arrive at their Home in great feb a. London Center of arms deals paper says London up secret arms deals to american weapons to Iran were arranged by a retired . Air Force general from a Safe House in London the sunday times reported. The newspaper cited a Washington source Intima Tely involved with the deals and said the Safe House was opened Early this year and continued opera until lost month. It said retired maj. Gen. Richarl0rawa$ part Ofa team brought in at the end Hisil year to arrange weapons transfers to i. Cot. Oliver North. North military adviser to the National Sec unit in. Was fired after a disclosure that Ca illegally transform in i i in n Ang Jim in Iofi weekly observer newspaper a Weir Latiin a Traci he r with offices has then supplying . Weapons for the last is years with apparel Olvil. Sanction from Jerusalem. The israeli businessman Yaacov firmed sunday that he had arranged a Planel military equipment for Iran thai led to the release of niacin Weir in september Job by his iranian backed lebanese captors the associated press reported in his first comment on the iranian arms Deal Nimrod told Israel radio that he dropped out of the arms Deal after Weir s release he said he had acted to help the United Stales and made no profit the observer also said Many of the largest arms deals in which Iran obtained weapons were negotiated in London through iranian military officers stationed see London on Page 28
